Posted by: Jamieleigh on: August 21, 2009
One of the sounds that a hyacinth macaw makes is a “honking” sound like a goose would make. It took me by surprise when Hymie first did it, and luckily this video was caught of me bringing him back to his owners and he was honking a bunch in the video! [...]
Posted by: Jamieleigh on: August 11, 2009
If you have a bird that REFUSES to get off your shoulder when you want it to, then this post applies to you!
When I first took on Hymie the Hyacinth Macaw, that was his MAIN problem area. And having a bird of that size on your shoulder telling you he isn’t [...]
Posted by: Jamieleigh on: August 6, 2009
It hasn’t been all that long since I returned Hymie the Hyacinth Macaw to his owners and I wanted to share an awesome update on Hymie at home!
Immediately after I left, Hymie was performing his newly learned tricks for his owner and even learning new things!
His newest trick is “shaking hands”. Check it out here:
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Posted by: Jamieleigh on: July 13, 2009
Photo by Jamieleigh
Location: Orlando, FL
On couch: Hyacinth Macaw “Hymie”
My original goals with Hymie when I first brought him home were:
Get him eating some fresh foods.
Break the bad habit of immediately running to the shoulder.
Train him to let me hold his feet when he steps up on my hand.
I am pretty happy to report I accomplished [...]
Posted by: Jamieleigh on: July 10, 2009
Photo by Jamieleigh
Location: Orlando, FL
Shown: Hyacinth Macaw “Hymie” & Nephew “Jimmy”
I’ve never trained a bird with a 15 month old around…
And while my nephew Jimmy was visiting, it was VERY hard to train Hymie, the hyacinth macaw I am working with for a client for 6 or so weeks. I had no idea how distracting [...]
Posted by: Jamieleigh on: July 8, 2009
Photo by Jamieleigh
Location: Orlando, FL
Wet Bird: Hyacinth Macaw “Hymie”
Hymie took his first shower with me within the first week of his stay. I was super happy because it is so hot here in Florida during the summer months and I was thinking he really needed one to cool down. I tried 2 times unsuccessfully before [...]
Posted by: Jamieleigh on: July 5, 2009
Hymie is finally stepping up very nicely and letting both Dave and I hold his feet to transport him short distances (from one room to the other) and we’re getting to the point of placing him on our shoulders for a reward rather than having him put himself up there.
He is almost settling in nicely [...]
Posted by: Jamieleigh on: June 26, 2009
Photo by Dave
Location: Orlando, FL
Eating pasta: Hyacinth “Hymie”
I had company for 10 days this month and it was sort of… crazy. Fitting in time for Hymie was harder in those ten days but I did have some great progress. I got him to eat three new foods!
They are:
Plain penne pasta
Oatmeal
Creamed corn
I was eating oatmeal one [...]
Posted by: Jamieleigh on: June 24, 2009
I don’t quite think people understand what it means to respect your bird, but it is so so so so SO so so… important. Honestly, if you simply show your bird some respect, he will respect you right back and start to like you.
To prove this, I am going to show you a video of [...]
